The leader of the Swedish Pirate Party, Rick Falkvinge, has an exceptionally clear-headed open letter to the music industry up on his blog after experiencing both positive and negative reactions after speaking at a UK music industry seminar on sunday. Well worth the read for an insightful angle on the copyright problem:

This, of course, brings our agreement into question. If other providers are offering to perform the same service — creating music — without the cost that you have charged, in terms of a life-plus-70-years-monopoly, then we, as the legislators, are going to renegotiate the terms of that agreement.